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Ryan Gosling & Christian Bale see bad times ahead in this 2015 movie about mortgage banking & more
The Big Short
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In mythology all of the world's troubles escaped from this object, but hope remained
Pandora's box
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"We Will Rock You": them
Queen
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It describes air heavy with water vapor
humid
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The Narragansett pacer, a breed of this, became extinct sometime in the 19th century
a horse
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In a 1967 tune we hear his band has "been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile"
Sgt. Pepper
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Seen here, Lil Rel Howery eased the tension a bit as Daniel Kaluuya's wisecracking bud in this 2017 horror film
Get Out
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Its appearance in 1066 was depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
Halley's Comet
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"Once Upon a One More Time":
her
Britney Spears
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This word means just a speck, a little bit, un poquito
a smidgen
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The Sumatran type of this predator is still around, but the Javan & Bali subspecies are no more
a tiger
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The full name of this "Peanuts" character is Patricia Reichardt
Peppermint Patty
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On "Parks & Rec" this 4-legged phenom was Pawnee's biggest star; Andy sang "5,000 Candles In The Wind" at his memorial
Li'l Sebastian
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The creation of the USC Shoah Foundation & the Righteous Persons Foundation was a direct result of this Steven Spielberg film
Schindler's List
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"On Your Feet!":
her
Gloria Estefan
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Pitcher Randy Johnson once said this act of giving a batter pause "is not in hitting a guy. It's the fear of it"
intimidation
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In 2021 the FWS declared extinct the stirrupshell & 7 other species of these mollusks that form serious attachments
mussels
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Given name Peter, this superstar drummer put the spice into super groups like Cream & Blind Faith
Ginger Baker
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Before "Everything Everywhere All at Once", Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert directed "Turn Down for What" by DJ Snake & this rapper
Lil Jon
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In Audrey Niffenegger's bestseller, Clare Abshire, Henry DeTamble's beloved, is this title character
the Time Traveler's Wife
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"Girl from the North Country":
this boy from Duluth
Bob Dylan
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Karl Marx wrote, "Force is the" this "of every old society pregnant with a new one"
midwife
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The Stephens Island wren on an isle just off this country's South Island was eaten to extinction by a lighthouse keeper's cats
New Zealand
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Samuel L. Jackson played this Jedi with an amethyst-bladed lightsaber
Mace Windu
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Al Capp created this comic strip set in good ol' Dogpatch
Li'l Abner
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Their name comes from Isaiah 43, & their belief that blood transfusions would displease God is based on other biblical passages
the Jehovah's Witnesses
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"A Beautiful Noise":
this icon
Neil Diamond
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This plural-sounding word for the area seen here is an adverb, as in “There was fierce fighting”
amidships
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This sirenian of the Bering Sea was unknown until 1741 when Georg Steller first described it; within 30 years, it was extinct
Steller's sea cow
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Starting in 1939, this esteemed British actor was on the case as Sherlock Holmes in a series of films
Basil Rathbone